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Earl B. Powell |
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August 09, 2009 04:54:38pm |
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Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
I post this every year and nearly neglected it today. Needless to say, these words rank right up there with the Gettysburg Address in terms of important oratory in Mr. Earl's world.
"There's no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don't think eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great - much more than a superb musician with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He is the very spirit personified of whatever is muddy river country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal. To me he wasn't only a musician and friend, he was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he'll ever know. There are a lot of spaces and advances between the Carter Family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle. There's no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep." - Bob Dylan
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Darkstarz117 |
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August 09, 2009 05:07:05pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
Excellent quote.
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Styrofoam Cueball |
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August 09, 2009 05:22:54pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
That was great Earl, thanks for posting it. Gee whiz, you'd think that Dylan guy was a writer or something, the way he throws those words around... ;-)
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William Tell |
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August 09, 2009 05:28:28pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
OH, that is a great one...somehow didn't stick with me on the previous go rounds, so thanks for re-posting.
I was just listening to a few from 68. When you listen to StSt from 6-14-68, 12-29-68 & 9-19-70 (surprised, eh?), you gain an appreciation for him as one of the all time greats. The tone--the perfect notes at the perfect time--are something that without listening to it again and again, and without knowing the songs as well as we all do, you'd just be darn impressed. But with that added knowledge it is just sublime.
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skies |
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August 10, 2009 12:30:25am |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
here it's 9 thirty am and it took me a while before landing onth list of post from yesterday and i just find yor name here now so i wanted to say hello ! as for LMA on google here it took me on a math scientists thing i won't even try to check (over my head type of talk)
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spacedface |
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August 10, 2009 10:18:13am |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
In the process of re-collecting shows I forgot about 12-29-68, except TOO. There's a lot packed into this shorter show!
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barongsong |
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August 09, 2009 05:55:27pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
Once again Dylan says it best. Thanks Earl
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user unknown |
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August 09, 2009 06:01:32pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
Great quote. I obviously missed this one the last time. Thanks Earl.
This post was modified by user unknown on 2009-08-10 01:01:32
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skies |
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August 09, 2009 06:00:17pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
i was at a G.D. wher bob dylan sang with the band ,somewher on the westcoast .somewhere in the Bay Area.nice show .i sarted to learn a fw words on english way back to when dylan and beetles daily on french radios
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mcgannahan |
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August 09, 2009 07:33:47pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
i'm gonna make sure my grandkids all know who jerry garcia was. i owe them that much.
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skies |
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August 10, 2009 12:02:52am |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
just trying to land on the list of our GD forum fo today's posts but couldn't quite find it except for your post dated august nine while it is midnight were you are it is 9 am here so I guess you are on the west coast ? And archive.org is also situated on the west coast ? well then good morning,from overseas !
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SkyDawg |
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August 09, 2009 11:06:05pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
Jerry's greatest eulogy. That quote gives me chills every time I hear it... so apt. Nobody but Dylan could have put it in better words.
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johnnyonthespot |
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August 09, 2009 11:14:09pm |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
the one I like even better is when Dylan went upto Koons and looked at her with his " steely eyes" and said nothing more than " he was there for me when no one else was"
no doubt refering to when Dylan went through his born again phase and Jerry didn't give a shit about anything other than what Dylan meant to him
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mcgannahan |
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August 10, 2009 09:15:36am |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
didn't jerry help dylan to re discover his own music? like bob forgot how his songs were played at some point in the 80's i think, and jerry was like, " here man, it goes like this."
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johnnyonthespot |
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August 10, 2009 09:34:33am |
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Re: Bob Dylan...Not Abe Lincoln |
wouldn't surprise me at all. What did surprise me was hearing Dylan refer to Jerry as a big brother who taught him more than he would ever know. The teaching him part I could see but it's weird for me to hear him refer to him that way considering Dylan was a pioneer who influenced the band and they looked up to him long before he knew who they were ( they didn't exist yet )
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